Sheet-metal receptacle



Nov. s, 1928. 1,690,261

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, ".l ppl ication flled March s, 1926. Seriallfl'o. 94,772.

The invention relates'to sheet metal ,receptacles, especially adapted for containing nails and other hardware and the l1ke,.and more particularly 1 to 1 collapsible receptacles 5 which may be easily and readily assembled or knocked down-and which will occupy a miniinum amount-ofspace in collapsed condition." v .3 The ob'ect of the improvement 15 to. pro- 10 vide aco lapsiblesheetmetalfreceptacle, the adjoining edge portions' of the different parts of the receptacle being corrugated and provided with? spaced apertures through. which a wire or rod is passed to hold the partsftox ngembodiment ot theinventiongis illustrated in :the accompanyingdrawings, n Which 1 :F igure 11 is a perspective view of .ambarrel orgkeg constructedinaccordance withthe inventijon,:parts beingbrokenawayforthe purposeof illustrationg l l A i ,=2, adetached:perspectiveLv ew of oneowing a port on Fig.3, a detached perspective view .of one of the iheads,ai..port1on e'heing broken away to show the cross ksectional shape; 3 r Fig. 4, a transverse sectional View tlrrough the barrel orckegyl, if i Figh5, a fragmentary pers j ctivevlew of a 'ortioni'd ftheibarrel, or kegl showing a -mod1- ed formofiheadij p 6, si -perspective view of arectangular tion r a i F i g. 7, a detached. perspectiveviewof one side, and one end memher lot the box, and Eig.u8,a.perspective'view of a box', en lbodying the invention, adapted "for contaminggtin sheets or the like. l a i Similar numerals ofreference' indicate corresponding parts throughout. the drawings. :Beferring first to Figures 1 to 5v inclusive,

or the like, is illustrated; This ,rec'eptacleis formed; of twolsimilar, 3 half-round sections the longitudinal edges ofwhlchcniay be .corrugated, :as showman- 2, in Figure 1,. or these corrugations may :extend transversely entirel aroundea'ch' 2 section, as shown at .Pwmgigure 2. i V

For the purpose of strengthening the strucbolxfl formed in accordance withlithe inven a cylindrical receptacle, such as a:barrel,:kegj

ture, shown in Figure 1,

verse corrugations The opposite ends of longitudinally 0am, ass enons T0 a d each section may be" provided, at spaced intervals, with trans transverse corrugations, 2 01-12 terminating ashort distance from each end of the r'ecep tacle.

f The heads 5, showni1 1Figures 1' to3 inclusive,.are arranged toeXtend-int'o' the end poi tions of there'ceptacle, each head being p'rovldcd wlth the outwardly inclined angular flange =6 terminating ini'fan' inwardly disposed peripheral flange 7 corrugated, similar to the end corrugations '4 of tliefreceptacle', and;

shown in Figures land 2., it The corrugatededgesfl or 2*,3oftheghalf sect ons, are provided :with spaced apertures Bthrough .'whicha= wirecr rod 9 maybe passed, rfor 'detachably securing the two hal'f sect-ions together, to forma cylindrical receptacle.asshownin rFigures 1 and Similar apertures 10 are provided-fin the corrugated .ends .4 and corrugatedflanges 7 ofth;heads', thegwire 11 being passed through the sameto detachablyse'cure the-heads upon the receptacle, .as shown in Figures I1 an'd'Q.

adapted to 'jbe received over the sanie', as 7 Ififdesired, the heads may be forined'as shown at :5 w1n Figure "5, being adapted to be in se'rtedI within the endsofthe receptacle, each head having a peripheral, outturned, corrugated flange 7 to fit within thec'orrugated r:

Tend portions Aof the receptacle and-to be connected: thereto, as by the wire 11, infthe manner above; described. a

vll hen. 1t ls desiredyto collapse or knock down the receptacle, "for: "the purpose of shipping, is ol vious that vconsiderablyless space will be occupied by the knocked down parts than ispossible withthe ordinary non collapsible receptacle of this character. The

wire'sl9 and 11 are withdrawn and the heads 1 maybe piled compactly in a small space while the half sections of. tli esbody portion inay be nested together thusperinitting the packing of a great .In any. receptacles within a very small space. j As shown inEigures 6to'8 inclusivethein ventionzisoapplicable to rectangular receptaclesTa-s well asbarrels, kegsland other cylindricalreceptaclesi The collapsible box, shown in Figures 6 and 7, is made up of the side members 12, end members 13 and top and bottom members 14 of similar construction.

Each of the side members 1:2, and end members 13, may be provided with any suitable corrugations, as shown at 15 for the purpose of reinforcing the same. One end of each side and end member is provided with longitudinal corrugations 16, the other end thereof having an angular, corrugated flange 17 arranged to overlap the adjoining end 16 of the adjacent member, apertures 18 being provided for the reception of a wire or rod 19 by which the side and end members are detachably secured together.

Each of the top and bottom members is provided with an angular transversely corrugated flange 20 adapted to overlap the ad jacent, similarly corrugated upper and lower edges 21, of the side and end members, and apertures 22 are formed in these edges and flanges to receive the wires 23 by means of which the top and bottom members are secured to the body portion of the receptacle.

In Figure 8 is illustrated a box especially adaptable for containing tin sheets, or the like, which includes the receptacle 25 and cover 26. The side and end walls of the receptacle are corrugated vertically, as shown at 27, and the cover is provided with a depending, similarly corrugated flange 28 adapted to fit over the receptacle, apertures 29 being provided in the corrugated portions of the receptacle and cover to receive the wires 30 for securing the cover upon the receptacle.

In order to hold the wires, in all of the forms of the invention, against accidental removal, the end portons of the wires may be bent or twisted back or outward at an angle, as illustrated in the several views, in order to temporarily retain the same in place and thus hold the parts of the receptacles together.

e claim:

1. A receptacle formed of a plurality of sheet metal members having overlapping, uniformly corrugated edge portions provided with spaced apertures, the apertures in the respective overlapping portions being so aligned that a wire may be inserted through the apertures without distortion of the wire, and straight wires located through said apertures for attaching said members together.

.2. A receptacle formed of a plurality of sheet metal members having overlapping, uniformly corrugated edge portions pro vided with spaced apertures, wires located through said apertures for attaching the members together, the end edge portion of the receptacle being corrugated, and provided with spaced apertures, a cover having a corrugated flange overlapping said end edge portion and provided with spaced apertures, and a wire located through the apertures in the end edge portion and cover, for attaching the cover.

3. A receptacle having uniformly corrugated edge portions, provided with spaced apertures, a cover having a corrugated flange adapted to overlap said corrugated edge portions and provided with spaced apertures and a wire located through all of said apertures for attaching the cover to the receptacle.

4. A receptacle comprising side walls having uniformly corrugated uppe' and lower edge portions Iiu'ovided with spaced apertures, a cover having a corrugated flange adapted to overlap said corrugated upper edge portions and provided with spaced apertures, a bottom having a corrugated flange adapted to overlap said corrugated lower edge portions and provided with spaced apertures, the apertures in the respective overlapping portions being so aligned that a wire may be inserted through the apertures without distortion of the wire, and wires located through said apertures for attaching said cover and bottom to the side walls.

5. A receptacle of a plurality of sheet metal side members having overlapping, uniformly corrugated side edge portions provided with spaced apertures, the apertures in the respective overlapping portions being so aligned that a wire may be inserted through the apertures without distortion of the wire, a wirelocated through said apertures for attaching the side members together, the lower edge portions of the side members being uniformly corrugated, and provided with spaced apertures, a bottom member having a corrugated flange adapted to overlap the corrugated lower edge portions of the side members and provided with spaced apertures, the apertures in the lower edge portions and in the bottom member being so aligned that a wire may be inserted through the apertures without distortion of the wire, and a wire located through the apertures of the bottom flange and lower edge portions of the side members, for attaching the bottom to the receptacle.

6. A receptacle having uniformly corrugated edge portions provided with spaced apertures, a bottom having a corrugated flange adapted to overlap said corrugated edge portions and provided with spaced apertures, the apertures in the lower edge portions and in the bottom member being so aligned that a wire may be inserted through the apertures without distortion of the wire, and a wire located through all of said apertures for attaching said bottom to the receptacle.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

VIRGIL P. \VENDLE. MARTIN L. HUNKER. 

